5 bedroom detached house

SUMMARY A quite superb individual family home enjoying a southerly aspect set within a plot of about half an acre to the edges of St. Hilary village. The spacious, highly adaptable accommodation includes family lounge, garden room, dining room immediately adjacent to the bespoke kitchen. Master bedroom with en-suite bathroom, four further double bedrooms and bathroom. Also lower ground floor sitting room opening directly onto the garden. Extensive gardens to three sides and ample driveway parking. Double garage and stable block/store/home office. 

SITUATION The Conservation Village of St. Hilary is one of the most picturesque and sought-after Villages in the Vale of Glamorgan with thatched cottages and Historic Church in the centre together with the popular Bush Inn public house / restaurant. There are a number of larger, period houses as well as attractive, character cottages and individual modern detached houses.  

ABOUT THE PROPERTY * The Covert is a unique, modern family home positioned in an elevated position towards the edges of St. Hilary Village off a quiet wooded lane.
* Set within a plot of approximately half an acre, the property is positioned to enjoy a southerly aspect looking out over gardens onto a wooded area beyond.
* The accommodation is ideal for a family, offering a great degree of flexibility and adaptability.
* From the entrance hallway, doors lead off to a family living room, to a bedroom wing and to the dining area with kitchen beyond.
* A spiral staircase leads down to the lower ground floor sitting room whilst a garden room benefits from a westerly aspect to catch the afternoon and evening sun
* Positioned to the front of the house and with a southerly aspect is a family lounge room including exposed pine boarding and painted brickwork and exposed stone with a wood burning stove recessed within a chimney breast. It is open to the pitch of the ceiling and benefits from an immense amount of natural light
* A garden room is to the western side of the property, a more recent addition to the property, adds a conservatory style space ideally positioned to look out over the side garden.
* Dining area is beyond the hallway and located immediately adjacent to the kitchen-breakfast room.
* Kitchen includes bespoke, handcrafted units painted in Farrow and Ball colours; space remains for a breakfast table.
* A 'Rangemaster' range cooker is to remain by separate negotiation; space and plumbing for a dishwasher and for a tall fridge freezer.
* Again, a broad tall window with integrated door enjoys a southerly aspect and opens directly out onto a flagstone paved seating area including a 'Wisteria' draped pergola. The space is ideal for catching the morning and afternoon sun.
* Located off the dining area is an inner hallway linking through to a utility / laundry room offering considerable extra storage and space/plumbing for a washing machine and further appliances.
* Master bedroom suite itself includes an especially grand master bedroom with a comprehensive range of fitted bespoke wardrobes.
* Beyond this is an especially generous en suite bathroom with five-piece suite including contemporary bath and shower cubicle.
* The four further double bedrooms are located to the western side of the property, with three of them enjoying wonderful views out over the western lawned garden and fishpond. Of these four bedrooms, two of them have fitted wardrobes and all share use of a contemporary bathroom with enamelled bath and power shower over.
* To the lower ground floor is a very large additional sitting room fitted with a comprehensive array of bespoke bookcases and storage. Doors from here look out over, and open to, a south facing sun terrace. 

GARDENS AND GROUNDS * From its lane frontage, a sloping driveway leads up onto an especially parking and turning area.
* A path leads over a sun terrace with steps continuing to the principal entrance doorway. A timber 5-bar gate leads through to an additional parking area fronting the garage and stable block.
* The detached double garage has power connected and is accessed via an up and over door.
* The former stable block includes two interconnecting rooms and a separately accessed store / tack room. A large extra open store area is located to its rear.
* This stable block has power and water connected and offers considerable potential for many and varied uses including home gym, office, games room, workshop, etc.
* The immaculate gardens surround the property to three sides and offer a wonderful mix of lawns and comprehensively planted rockery garden, a further lawn and a flagstone paved terrace, with glorious mature flowering white wisteria.
* Along the western boundary of the grounds is a public footpath, part of the property, but separated from it and hidden by a high solid fence. 

TENURE AND SERVICES Freehold. Mains electric and water connected to the property. Cess pit drainage. Oil fired central heating. Electric immersion water heating.
Council Tax Band H 

DIRECTIONS From our Cowbridge office, travel in an Easterly direction, passing straight over the traffic lights and joining the A48 travelling towards Cardiff. After approximately one mile, take a right hand turn, signposted for St. Hilary. Continue on this lane, entering the village itself, and at a fork in the road turn right (following signs for The Bush Inn). Continue on this lane, bearing right and passing the Bush Inn on your right hand side. As the road slopes downwards, the property is located on the right hand side after about 300 yards.  

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